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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering $5,000 for information about the big fire at Linder's, which they say was an arson.

McKees Rocks firefighters were called to Yunker Street shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 10. They had a tough time battling flames at the old building, a former church dating back to the early 1900s.

"As you know, these churches are like big fireplaces, and once they catch fire, they go like crazy, and the main danger of the firefighters is, of course, you have a quick collapse of the roof," Fire Chief Nick Radoycis said. "These are heavy church doors, very strongly secured. We chopped our way through the doors, and this main entrance here was filled with carpeting, and it was fully involved in fire."

The words "Iran" and "terrorist" were found spray-painted on the business, which is owned by a person from the Middle East.

The Allegheny County fire marshal told WTAE's Amber Nicotra that a hate crime may have been committed -- although that hasn't been determined yet -- and the federal ATF was called to help with the case.

No injuries were reported. Fire officials said the business owner told them that he has never had trouble at this location.

Anyone who has a tip about the Linder's fire should email ATFTips@atf.gov or call 888-ATF-FIRE. Anonymous tips will be accepted.